Patents by Inventor Karl Zawoy
Karl Zawoy has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 10646605Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to a method and apparatus for self-sterilizing a surface or other portion of the apparatus and/or sterilizing other objects. Embodiments can utilize self-generated and/or remotely controlled plasma fields for the purpose of self-sterilization and/or sterilization of another object. Embodiments of the invention can have broad applications in procedures and equipment requiring the sterility of devices used for medical procedures, decontamination procedures, drug delivery, sterility of consumer products, and sterility of food preparation equipment and tools.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2017Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.Inventors: Subrata Roy, Karl Zawoy
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Publication number: 20180008737Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to a method and apparatus for self-sterilizing a surface or other portion of the apparatus and/or sterilizing other objects. Embodiments can utilize self-generated and/or remotely controlled plasma fields for the purpose of self-sterilization and/or sterilization of another object. Embodiments of the invention can have broad applications in procedures and equipment requiring the sterility of devices used for medical procedures, decontamination procedures, drug delivery, sterility of consumer products, and sterility of food preparation equipment and tools.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2017Publication date: January 11, 2018Inventors: Subrata ROY, Karl ZAWOY
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Patent number: 9757487Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to a method and apparatus for self-sterilizing a surface or other portion of the apparatus and/or sterilizing other objects. Embodiments can utilize self-generated and/or remotely controlled plasma fields for the purpose of self-sterilization and/or sterilization of another object. Embodiments of the invention can have broad applications in procedures and equipment requiring the sterility of devices used for medical procedures, decontamination procedures, drug delivery, sterility of consumer products, and sterility of food preparation equipment and tools.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2008Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.Inventors: Subrata Roy, Karl Zawoy
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Patent number: 9035497Abstract: Embodiments of the subject invention relate to a method and apparatus for providing an electrical energy system. A specific embodiment can incorporate at least one energy harvesting module (H-module), at least one energy storage module (S-module), and at least one power electronic circuit module (C-module). The various modules can be integrated into a standard battery configuration. Specific embodiments pertain to a reconfigurable energy system with modules that can be disconnected and reconnected into different shapes and configurations.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2010Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.Inventors: Karl Zawoy, David Patrick Arnold
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Devices for thermally induced transformations controlled by irradiation of functionalized fullerenes
Patent number: 9011309Abstract: An electromagnetic radiation activated device comprises a property changing material and at least one functionalized fullerene that upon irradiation of the functionalized fullerenes with electromagnetic radiation of one or more frequencies a thermally activated chemical or physical transformation occurs in the property changing material. The thermal activated transformation of the property changing material is triggered by the heating or combustion of the functionalized fullerenes upon their irradiation. The device can include a chemical agent that is embedded in the property changing material and is released when the material is heated by the functionalized fullerenes upon irradiation.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2011Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.Inventors: Vijay Krishna, Karl Zawoy, Brij M. Moudgil, Benjamin L. Koopman, Nathanael Ian Stevens, Kevin William Powers -
DEVICES FOR THERMALLY INDUCED TRANSFORMATIONS CONTROLLED BY IRRADIATION OF FUNCTIONALIZED FULLERENES
Publication number: 20120123182Abstract: An electromagnetic radiation activated device comprises a property changing material and at least one functionalized fullerene that upon irradiation of the functionalized fullerenes with electromagnetic radiation of one or more frequencies a thermally activated chemical or physical transformation occurs in the property changing material. The thermal activated transformation of the property changing material is triggered by the heating or combustion of the functionalized fullerenes upon their irradiation. The device can include a chemical agent that is embedded in the property changing material and is released when the material is heated by the functionalized fullerenes upon irradiation.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2011Publication date: May 17, 2012Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION. INC.Inventors: VIJAY KRISHNA, Karl Zawoy, Brij M. Moudgil, Benjamin L. Koopman, Nathanael Ian Stevens, Kevin William Powers -
Publication number: 20110233932Abstract: Embodiments of the subject invention relate to a method and apparatus for providing an electrical energy system. A specific embodiment can incorporate at least one energy harvesting module (H-module), at least one energy storage module (S-module), and at least one power electronic circuit module (C-module). The various modules can be integrated into a standard battery configuration. Specific embodiments pertain to a reconfigurable energy system with modules that can be disconnected and reconnected into different shapes and configurations.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2010Publication date: September 29, 2011Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.Inventors: KARL ZAWOY, DAVID PATRICK ARNOLD
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Publication number: 20110116967Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to a method and apparatus for self-sterilizing a surface or other portion of the apparatus and/or sterilizing other objects. Embodiments can utilize self-generated and/or remotely controlled plasma fields for the purpose of self-sterilization and/or sterilization of another object. Embodiments of the invention can have broad applications in procedures and equipment requiring the sterility of devices used for medical procedures, decontamination procedures, drug delivery, sterility of consumer products, and sterility of food preparation equipment and tools.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2008Publication date: May 19, 2011Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC.Inventors: Subrata Roy, Karl Zawoy
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Publication number: 20110091510Abstract: The subject invention concerns nanorods, compositions and substrates comprising nanorods, and methods of making and using nanorods and nanorod compositions and substrates. In one embodiment, the nanorod is composed of Zinc oxide (ZnO). In a further embodiment, a nanorod of the invention further comprises SiO2 or TiO2. In a specific embodiment, a nanorod of the invention is composed of ZnO coated with SiO2. Nanorods of the present invention are useful as an adhesion-resistant biomaterial capable of reducing viability in anchorage-dependent cells.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2009Publication date: April 21, 2011Inventors: Tanmay P. Lele, Fan Ren, Benjamin George Keselowsky, Jiyeon Lee, Anand Gupte, Byung-Hwan Chu, Karl Zawoy
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Publication number: 20040262795Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a lens with a predetermined prescription from a number of lens molds, a gasket, and a source of a fluid material. The apparatus includes a device for selecting a first lens mold and a second lens mold based upon the prescription, a device for positioning the lens molds within the gasket, a device for inserting an amount of the fluid material within the gasket and between the molds, a device for curing the fluid material so as to form the lens, and a device for advancing the lens molds along a predetermined path through the selecting device, the positioning device, the fill device, and the cure device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2003Publication date: December 30, 2004Inventors: Dale E. Slack, Karl Zawoy, Matt A. Michel, Dave Smith, Andy Humphries, Rick Conrad, Richard Barrett
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Publication number: 20040051190Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a lens with a predetermined prescription from a number of lens molds, a gasket, and a source of a fluid material. The apparatus includes a device for selecting a first lens mold and a second lens mold based upon the prescription, a device for positioning the lens molds within the gasket, a device for inserting an amount of the fluid material within the gasket and between the molds, a device for curing the fluid material so as to form the lens, and a device for advancing the lens molds along a predetermined path through the selecting device, the positioning device, the fill device, and the cure device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2003Publication date: March 18, 2004Inventors: Dale E. Slack, Karl Zawoy, Matt A. Michel, Dave Smith, Andy Humphries, Rick Conard, Richard Barrett
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Patent number: 6623669Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a lens with a predetermined prescription from a number of lens molds, a gasket, and a source of a fluid material. The apparatus includes a device for selecting a first lens mold and a second lens mold based upon the prescription, a device for positioning the lens molds within the gasket, a device for inserting an amount of the fluid material within the gasket and between the molds, a device for curing the fluid material so as to form the lens, and a device for advancing the lens molds along a predetermined path through the selecting device, the positioning device, the fill device, and the cure device.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2000Date of Patent: September 23, 2003Assignee: Rodenstock North America, Inc.Inventors: Dale E. Slack, Karl Zawoy, Matt A. Michel, Dave Smith, Andy Humphries, Rick Conard, Richard Barrett